The fantasy genre was on its deathbed by 1999. Indeed, things were outright dire by the decade's second half, with hardly any movies taking off outside of the animated realm. Sure, there were still masterpieces by Princess Mononoke, but overall, the likes of Hercules couldn't live up to the greatest gems produced throughout the early days of the Disney Renaissance. Then 2001 came along, and everything changed.

Steven Spielberg is about as legendary as filmmakers get, and that’s something that should be emphasized right away, before things get a little negative. He’s made a few dozen movies, as a director, across a career that’s lasted more than half a century, and he remains active, as of 2026, with the (currently) upcoming Disclosure Day being one of many blockbuster-scale movies he’s made. It would be great if that movie were great, of course, but it almost doesn’t matter, in the overall scheme of things, because Spielberg’s always going to be a legend because of what he’s already done. Some of the most beloved, enduring, and popular American movies of all time were directed by him (see Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park, for starters), and he’s also taken on a few films of a more serious nature that are remarkable, and not necessarily the kind of blockbuster fare that he’s most celebrated for, like Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Munich.

IT is that Stephen King book about a scary clown fighting a bunch of kids, except there’s also a lot more to it than that. The clown is actually a shape-shifting entity that emerges every 27 years to do horrific things, and the clown is, furthermore, just one of the appearances it takes on while terrorizing the people of Derry. But the image of a particularly scary (or at least scarier than usual) clown and a gang of young heroes endures, maybe thanks to the miniseries and two-part movie adaptations of IT.

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The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

The Rambling Tog posted a photo:

18.03.24 NEC, Birmingham, England, UK. Manufacturers and distributers gather for the annual photo show at the NEC in Birminham, UK.

Arteest11 posted a video:

Move over Spielberg. My friends and I used to write screenplays, pick out costumes and shoot themed 8mm movies back in the 60's. The kid playing Pixie man is Bill. He's a very talented musician now, working with the likes of his friend Jon Anderson (from YES). I sent him the file and he added a soundtrack to it. This was in the days of James Bond, Man from UNCLE, Batman, Mission Impossible, and Marvel comics.